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If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity.

Homeland Security tweets: It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo.

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Judge #BerylHowell rules that #Trump / #DOGE's *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace #USIP was unlawful—including the removal of board members & termination of programs.

Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members & nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.

#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf

The Constitution makes clear that the President's constitutional authority only extends as far as Article II, but even Article Il does not grant him absolute removal authority over his subordinates, under current binding caselaw precedent. Outside of Article II, he has little constitutional authority to act at all. The President's efforts here to take over an organization outside of those bounds, contrary to statute established by Congress and by acts of force and threat using local and federal law enforcement officers, represented a gross usurpation of power and a way of conducting government affairs that unnecessarily traumatized the committed leadership and employees of USIP, who deserved better.

DECLARED that plaintiff Board members who were purportedly terminated remain members of the USIP Board & may be removed by the President only pursuant to the terms of 22 USC §4605(f); …the purported removal of Amb. George Moose as acting president of the Institute by a resolution adopted by less than a majority of the duly appointed Board of Directors of USIP was invalid, & therefore null, void, & w/o legal effect; it…the purported appointments of Kenneth Jackson & Nate Cavanaugh to the positions of president of USIP pursuant to resolutions adopted by less than a majority of the duly appointed Board of Directors of USIP were invalid & therefore null, void, & w/o legal effect; …Amb. Moose therefore remains president of USIP & may be removed only by a duly constituted Board of Directors, under 22 USC §4606; …all actions taken or authorized by Jackson or Cavanaugh as acting presidents of USIP were invalid & therefore null, void, & w/o legal effect; …given the illegitimate appointment of Cavanaugh to the position as USIP president, the actions & documents by which he purportedly transferred USIP's headquarters…to the GSA were invalid & therefore null, void, & w/o legal effect; …the transfer of USIP's other financial or physical assets to the GSA was likewise invalid, null void, & w/o legal effect; it is further

DECLARED that the resolution adopted by 2 ex officio Directors of USIP's Board purportedly appointing Adam Amar as president of the Endowment of the USIP Fund & authorizing & instructing him to transfer any & all of the Endowment's assets to USIP was invalid, null, void, & w/o any legal effect; …plaintiff Board members duly appointed under 22 USC §2605(b)(4) shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4605(e) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out their duties…; …USIP Acting President Amb. Moose shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4606(a) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out his duties…; …defendants, except for the ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors to the extent their official positions allow, are ENJOINED from further trespass against the real & personal property belonging to the Institute & its employees, contractors, agents, & other representatives; …[&] are ENJOINED from maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute's offices, facilities, computer systems, or any other records, files, or resources, & from acting or purporting to act in the name of Institute, & from using the Institute's name, emblem, badge, seal & any other mark of recognition of the Institute; it is further

ORDERED that the defendants who are ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors may not act unilaterally or in any combination of the three of them together, without additional consent constituting a majority of members of the duly constituted USIP Board of Directors, to transfer any of USIP's assets; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. Date: May 19, 2025 This is a final and appealable order. BERYL A. HOWELL

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Affirmation for the day.

You look great. Your teeth are sharp. Your eyes are luminous. The townsfolk whisper your name in hushed tones.

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A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and an alien emerged. It skittered to a notice board and carefully studied one of the posters.

It returned to the spaceship and soon came out carrying a cat and a mobile phone.

"Hi, we have found your cat Pebbles...Yes... Our secret base on Ganymede."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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Their priorities couldn't be clearer.

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“Trump has been constructing a nationwide enforcement regime to carry out a purge of millions of immigrants, whether or not they have any criminal history; indeed regardless of whether they have an official legal status or protection, even a permanent resident green card. Rather than prioritizing enforcement at the border, he is expanding border enforcement—with its special provisions that reduce due process—across the country. (1/2)

@bittersweetdb A couple of months still, but today Michael's partner Chi arrived from Hanoi after a 22-hour journey (faulty plane led to delays).
She's lovely (we've met her in Hanoi) and he's been counting down the days. ❤️❤️❤️
Next month Chris and his partner Megan will be welcoming their son (and our first grandchild!), then Rex will get here in April.
So it's going to be a busy couple of months for us!
Any developments, Barcelona-wise?

@bittersweetdb We'd love to, but Rex will be arriving in a few weeks and three would be one too many. 😔
The problem in Oz is the racing industry, which breeds too many dogs each year.
Meanwhile, Remi has laser focus on Chris's pizza...

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Anyone on the east coast of Australia looking for a beautiful Greyhound to adopt? Sweet Sarah has been in the care of my foster organisation for some time and is still looking for a furever home of her own :(

Please boost widely Australian friends, let's get Sarah into a home!

https://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/1088365

#Greyhound #Dog #PetRescue #AdoptDontShop #Australia #NSW #Victoria #Queensland #Sydney #Melbourne #Brisbane #Newcastle #AU

Sarah (black greyhound) stands on a door mat, looking into the camera.

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These are quokkas. They are marsupials native to Western Australia, and wear a perpetual "Hey there! Good to see ya! Oh, you brought pie!" smile on their faces. just felt your newsfeed needed more quokkas in it.

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Politics is literally the WWE and Democrats are getting body slammed because they think like you are

RE: https://www.threads.net/@macondogrm/post/DCFoBC7JAN2

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Welcome to the small-targetification of our lives. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/08/kids-these-days-have-it-easy-so-what-we-need-to-do-is-ban-them-from-talking-to-each-other-on-the-internet

@bittersweetdb Ah, thanks for that. The feats of strength tempt me, but I’m not really a regular user of Mastodon (I dabble).

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“Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face? …

“It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard core commie works.”

—General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-health-pick-rfk-jr-removing-fluoride-from-water-1235151497/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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It’s so shocking to see how far the mighty have fellated

RE: https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DB3DsOsArn7

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3 November 1936 | French Jewish girl, Sylvia Bergman, was born in Paris. 

She was deported to Auschwitz from #Drancy on 19 August. 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

A young girl in white hooded coat holding something in her hands.

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A soap dispenser pump awkwardly positioned on top of a bar of soap. Text above reads, "legacy software companies adding an ai chatbot to their product."

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Related random long winded thought:

I was watching this interview with Margaret Atwood, after watching an interview by Hasan Minhaj of Pete Buttigieg. And in Hasan’s interview he quotes Margaret Thatcher: “who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families”

And all that reminded me of the meme “how did the pandemic radicalize you?”

And for me it was the realization of how much my literal existence, my life and death, is tied to there being a functioning society. That “rugged individualism” is a fantasy. And in many respects an absolute nightmare.

I came out of the pandemic as a pretty chill introvert who struggled with crowds and loud noises, but who had realized how much I need everyone else to survive myself.

I always believed in democracy, but now I believe in a state, a functioning caring collective in a way I hadn’t fully realized before.

Fascism is the antithesis of that, it is a state that views the population as enemies and tools for hoarding power and resources for the few.
https://youtu.be/Ta3FaoKgHtA?si=VxD05e2P2Wj1vSNd
https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia/113410829858445758

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It’s weird when these “oh the problem is we’re so DIVIDED” takes drop, and it always casually, quietly puts the blame for that division on the people who refuse to accept abuse and oppression and gaslighting and the ambient fascism rather than… on the dividers, on the abusers, on the fascists.

“If only we could all get along! Just stand there and say nothing! Don’t rock the boat! Just let it hit the iceberg! Why do you hate icebergs? This is your fault, you know.”

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#dh #photos #darkhumor #wtf #images #memes #funny

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